Nail-strip



(No Model.) v I J. R. PROUTY.

NAIL STRIP.

No. 383,907. Patented June 5,1888.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.,

JONAS R. PROUTY, OF SPENCER, MASSACHUSETTS.

NAIL-STRI P.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 383.907, dated June 5, 1888.

Application filed October 12, 1887. Serial No. 952,115. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JONAS R. PROUTY, of Spencer, in the county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, a citizen of theUnited States, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Nail-Strips, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in explaining its nature.

The invention relates'to a coil ot' nail-strip, consisting, essentially, of a long exible nailstrip having a series of nail-carrying pockets or holders open at both ends, which strip is arranged in the form of a coil, and has a thin sheet of paper pasted, cemented, or glued to the upper surface of the coil, and, if desired, to the lower surface of the coil, for the purpose of closing said pockets at the top, or the top and bottom, to retain the nails therein, and also to facilitate and assist in the packing of thest-rip for transportation, as well as putting it in convenient shape for immediate use in any pegging-machine.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view of the nail-carrier strip. Fig. 2 is a view in plan of the complete coil, and part of the upper covering sheet of paper being removed to show the nails and coveringstrip below. Fig. 8 is a View part in end elevation and part in vertical section. Fig. 4 is a viewin perspective of the complete coil. Fig. 5 illustrates a slight modification.

In the drawings, A represents the nailcar rler.

a are the nail pockets or holders thereinv formed. These preferably are formed by means of a straight iiexible strip of paper and a corrugated strip of paper united by suitable cement, glue, paste, or other adhesive substance.

a are the nails.

In making the coil the strip preferably is taken from the nail-inserting machine and wound quite tightly upon a suitable roll, and if the nails fit the pockets or holders with some degree of tightness then it will be necessary to apply a paper sheet to theV upper surface of the coil only. If the nails arev loose in the pockets, then it will be necessary to apply the sheet of paper to the lower surface of the coil as well. t,

In Fig. 2 I have represented the strip as coiled, and B represents the sheet of paper attached'to the upper surface of the coil by glue, paste, or other material, or in any other suitable way.

b represents the sheet of paper secured to the lower surface of the coil by glue, paste, or other suitable material, or in any other desired way. The nail-strip is by this means held in a coiled form and its nail pockets or'holders closed, and is in the best condition and shape for transportation, and also for use, and the strip is unwouud from the reel as desired, the upper and lower retainingsheets being cut by a suitable knife as the strip is unwound.

Of course where the nails extend beyond one or both edges of the carrying-strip the paper sheets are glued or pasted or otherwise attached directly to the upper surface o'f the heads and to the points. (See Fig. 5.)

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States- A coiled Vnail-strip comprising a nailcarrier having nail holders or pockets a and nails therein, arranged or wound in the form of a coil, and a sheet of paper applied to one or both of its surfaces, to retain the strip in the form of a coil and to hold the nails in its pockets or holders, as andfor the purposes described.

JONAS R. PROUTY.

In presence of- F. F. RAYMOND, 2d, J. M. DOLAN. 

